Rebekah Vardy has returned to Instagram for the first time since the beginning of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney.
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Rebekah Vardy said she “wanted paying” for leaking information about a footballer who had been arrested, a court has been told. The 40-year-old took the stand on the second day of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney, who has accused Ms Vardy of leaking “false stories” about her to the press. Ms Rooney’s barrister, David Sherborne, asked Ms Vardy about messages with her agent Caroline Watt, including some about Danny Drinkwater - a footballer who was arrested for crashing his car while over the legal drink limit in 2019.
Ms Vardy messaged her agent saying she had a story about Danny Drinkwater being arrested and said he had crashed his car with two girls in it while drink-driving, the court heard. “He’s only just been let out of the cells last night!” Ms Vardy wrote. Ms Watt suggested she leak the information to The Sun and Ms Vardy reminded her to get some money in return for the story tip.
Speaking about her demand for payment, Ms Vardy told the court: “It was a fleeting thought and I haven’t considered it anymore than when I wrote it. ”She said: “I am deeply affected by drink driving . .
. at the time I didn’t care whether the information came out or not. It wasn’t a serious comment.
”Caroline Watt told Ms Vardy in messages, read out to the court, that she had shared the information with a Sun reporter. “It is something that wrongly I got involved with,” Ms Vardy told the court, “and for that I can only apologise. But it was something that really affected me.
Rebekah Vardy has returned to Instagram for the first time since the beginning of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney.
Rebekah Vardy has shared a rare family photo with her social media followers. The 40-year-old is currently awaiting the outcome of her Wagatha Christie libel trial after suing fellow footballer's wife Coleen Rooney.
A PR agent has claimed Rebekah Vardy's career is 'ruined' following the Wagatha Christie trial, after she went head-to-head with Coleen Rooney.
Coleen Rooney is said to be “convinced she will win Wagatha Christie trial” and will be “vindicated” following the final day of the high-profile case. The case centres around fellow footballer’s wife Rebekah Vardy’s Instagram account being accused by Coleen of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie.
Rebekah Vardy stormed out of the courtroom after Coleen Rooney's lawyer opened his closing argument.
Rebekah Vardy has returned to court after fleeing 30 minutes into the Wagatha Christie trial on Thursday 19 May. Rebekah's Instagram account was accused by Coleen Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie. Rebekah, 40, denies the allegations and is suing 36 year old Coleen for libel.
Rebekah Vardy and husband Jamie are denying reports they will leave the UK for the United States.
Rebekah Vardy and her husband Jamie are reportedly going to leave the UK for the US following the Wagatha Christie libel trial.The wife of the professional footballer, 40, is currently embroiled a court case after Rebekah was accused by Coleen Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie. Rebekah has always vehemently denied the allegations and sued 36 year old Coleen for libel.The trial has not been an easy one as details of the lives of both parties have come out, including the bombshell WhatsApp messages shared between Rebekah and her former agent Caroline Watt.
Coleen Rooney was able to celebrate her mother Colette McLoughlin's birthday on Wednesday. Although the Wagatha Christie trial between Coleen and Rebekah Vardy was expected to end, the judge put the case on hold for one day.MORE: Peter Andre and wife Emily put on defiant display after Rebekah Vardy's claimsTaking to her Instagram page, Coleen - who is married to football star Wayne Rooney - shared a lovely black and white snap with her lookalike mum to mark her birthday.WATCH: Rebekah Vardy cries in witness box during Wagatha Christie trial"Happy Birthday to an extremely special person, My Mum," she remarked.
Read more: 9 things we learned from the Wagatha Christie trial this weekOn October 9, 2019, she posted on Twitter: "I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s… Rebekah Vardy. "The tweet went viral, and the term 'Wagatha Christie' was born.
Rebekah Vardy as the Wagatha Christie trial enters its second week. Speaking on Monday's Good Morning Britain, Nicola, who is married to footballer Tom Williams, insisted Rebekah 'wants to clear her name' in her libel trial against Coleen Rooney. Nicola said she found it difficult to understand why Coleen was upset over stories leaked about family to the press, as she insisted 'it's common practice among the celeb industry to leak stories.
Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen Rooney are reportedly staying at a swanky hotel that costs £3,500 a night during the Wagatha Christie trial. Coleen, 36, is being sued for libel by Rebekah Vardy, 40, after the mum-of-four accused the latter of leaking stories about her private life to newspapers.The trial kicked off in London earlier this week and is expected to remain for seven days in total, with the verdict being read at a later date. Coleen was regularly seen arriving at court with her husband in tow for support, as the pair walked stoically inside together.
Coleen Rooney began giving evidence and Rebekah Vardy finished hers on the fourth day of the pair's Wagatha Christie High Court battle today. The 36-year-old accused Vardy of leaking stories about her in October 2019.
Rebekah Vardy, 40, left the courtroom crying after a tense exchange with Coleen Rooney's barrister during their libel trial. David Sherborne, for Rooney, 36, had been questioning Vardy about one of the fake posts Rooney posted on her private Instagram account as part of her Wagatha Christie sting. Mr Sherborne misspoke and said it was Vardy who had "gone to Mexico to look at gender selection" to which she responded: "It wasn't me who went to Mexico, it was Mrs Rooney." The lawyer said: "Is that your best point?" Vardy's lawyer Hugh Tomlinson QC then stood up and said: "Mr Sherborne keeps making remarks and if the witness is in the box for a long time it can be unpleasant." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
“Wagatha Christie” trial in which Vardy is suing Coleen Rooney for libel has entered its third day with the wife of the Leicester City striker being cross-examined in court. David Sherborne, the lawyer representing Rooney, accused Vardy of changing her story in relation to a photograph taken at the 2018 World Cup. The court heard that Vardy initially claimed she had not orchestrated a paparazzo to take the photograph, before admitting that she was in discussion with her agent about selling a pre-organised picture to The Sun.
A courtroom burst into laughter this afternoon over Rebekah Vardy’s response to a question about her agent’s phone falling into the North Sea. Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, is giving evidence for a third day in her libel trial with Coleen Rooney.